PFL Analysis
PIMCO Income Strategy Fund — is the distribution income, or your own capital coming back?
Partly returned capital
Over the last 1Y, PFL's 12.7% distribution yield was offset by a 8.7% NAV decline, leaving a real yield of 2.8%. Only about 22% of the headline yield was economically yours.
From here, PFL would need a 10% price gain just to return to where it started the window — before any further distributions are counted.
This verdict is generated from fixed thresholds applied to live price and distribution data, not written per fund. Two funds with the same profile always get the same wording.
How PFL generates income
PFL is an income-focused ETF issued by PIMCO. Closed-end fund seeking high current income from diversified fixed-income. Monthly distributions.
The fund is designed for investors who prioritize regular income distributions. The yield comes from a combination of dividends from the underlying holdings and any income-generating strategies the fund employs.
- Income source
- Dividends from underlying holdings
- Issuer
- PIMCO
PFL price return since first distribution
The capital half of total return. Read it against the cumulative distributions below — the two together are what a holder actually earned.
Cumulative price return: -7.43%
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Cumulative distributions collected
Running total of per-share distributions since the first payment on record — 281 payments.
Total collected per share since inception: $28.04
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